re: Something is up with lb recruiting

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something has been up for awhile....tim williams goes to bama....now chris and dylan going there too. all from schools 10mins from tiger stadium.

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It is as simple as Bama just being the popular team right now. No different than the 90's when Miami, FSU, Michigan were the "it" teams. I think people feel just because a kid grows up in Louisiana his favorite team is automatically LSU. Frankly, I don't think that is the case with a lot of young black kids who coincidentally are the same kids LSU is recruiting. Right now Alabama is the "it" team. Before them it was FSU/Miami. Just driving around BR over the last 5 or so years I see more Alabama stickers/license plate frames on cars and people wearing Alabama clothes than I've ever seen before. Most of the folks wearing Bama gear are black folks. I have black friends my age on social media who are "huge" Bama fans. 7-8 years ago those same people were huge Miami or FSU fans. Hell, just today I was driving down North Blvd. and saw a house with a huge Bama helmet sign on the front of the house with "Roll Tide" written on top.

Just because you or I love LSU and wouldn't dream of playing for any other SEC team if the opportunity were there doesn't mean that's the same for everyone. I think many of the kids LSU is recruiting (whether from Louisiana or elsewhere) are worried more about what school will get them to the NFL. Period. While LSU has certainly shown they can get kids to the NFL, I imagine a kid could see stars in his eyes when Nick Saban tells him you can be the biggest national stars in college AND make it to the NFL if you come to Alabama. If a kid doesn't have a true affinity for LSU, then spurning the hometown team isn't that big of a deal for him.